3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Best by 9/04: Pour is murky orangey amber with a thin dense off white head...huge toffee and biscuity malt in the nose...taste is tart and aggressive at first...tartness followed by a mellow sweet bitterness...aroma was much better than the rest of the beer...
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
(on bottle, thanks thewolf) Sunflower and canesugar in the aromas. Waterish and thin body; but the finish gets all vanilla and sweet tobacco + peat andnutmeg; nice catch.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Orange/brown colour with particulates. generous, frothy off-white head. Sourish aroma, with cherries, cheese and yeast. Flavour has bread and syrup, sugar, spices, pepper and a sour and sweet finish. Very nice Belgian Ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, also best before 2002 Murky, brown (or even gray) body. Off-white, small (due to the age (?)) head. Nose of citrus, vinegar. Moderately bitter, heavily acitic initial flavour. Lightly bitter, moderately acitic finish. Warm flavour. Medium to fully bodied. And I still like it in November 2004! :)
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
hazy gold with floaties, white head. complex aroma of fruit cocktail, icing sugar, white grapes, melon, yeast, caramel and pepper. the flavour is good, but didn't seem to follow through as well. still very good.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2004 Thank You extended to RastaCouere for sending this one… Dave Rocks!
Pale dusty brown body and a towering and rich cream colored head. Aroma is rather tart and venous, really reminds me of a Flemish Sour. Abundant notes of: wheat, tart cherries, green apples, and a touch of blue cheese. The flavor brings hints of sour dough bread and extra green apple, along with some tart suggestions of green grapes and a nodule of black pepper corn. This reminds me of a VERY-VERY subdued version of a bottle of Cantillon Vigneronne I once had… Ambrel is slightly barnyard - horse blanket but very enjoyable… very pleasant… and the bottle certinaly has some age on it ….. BEST BEFORE: October 2002… HAHA, but I like it in May 2004!!!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ambrel is pale brown, honey coloured belgian beer that is naturally cloudy from the lees. It has low carbonation levels for the style and therefore not a particularly impressive head, although the retention is quite good. It's nose is composed of subdued belgian fruitiness, caramel malts and alcohol. For a belgian beer, it has a relatively high hop bitterness. It has a nice belgian complex flavour with notes of raisin and caramel coming through.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours cloudy, hazy honey orange with thick, dissipating tan head. Sweet bubblegum? aroma. Light alcohol flavor mixed with sweet malt and berry background. Thin watery palate.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
One of the weirdest nose.Huge aromas of fennel (some prefer to say licorice),rosemary and herbs.Nice thick head with good retention.Soft and creamy mouthfeel with some notes of cloves,orange, and licorice.A pleasant surprise although a bit pricy at 7$ but worth every penny.I can see this beer doing marvels with a good piece of tender red meat.
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